TP-Link TL-R470T Plus Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Figure 4-31 Configuration

With the box before

Enable Application Optimized Routing

checked, the Router will consider the

source IP address and destination IP address of the packets as a whole and record the WAN port they

pass through. And then the packets with the same source IP address and destination IP address or

destination port will be forwarded to the recorded WAN port. This feature is to ensure the

multi-connected applications to work properly.

Check the box before

Enable Bandwidth Based Balance Routing

and select the WAN port below,

Load Balance of the specified WAN port will be enabled automatically if no routing rules are set.

Then click the <Save> button to apply the settings.

Note:

The WAN ports not connecting to the Internet will not apply Intelligent Balance, please do not select

them.

4.5.4.2

Policy Routing

Policy Routing provides a more accurate way to control the routing based on the policy defined by the

network administrator.

Choose the menu

Advanced

→

Load Balance

→

Policy Routing

to load the following page.

Figure 4-32 Policy Routing

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The following items are displayed on this screen:

¾

General

Protocol:

Select the protocol for the entry in the drop-down list. If the protocol you

want to set is not in the list, you can add it to the list on

4.5.4.4 Protocol

page.

Source IP:

Enter the source IP range for the entry. 0.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 means any IP is

acceptable.

Destination IP:

Enter the destination IP range for the entry. 0.0.0.0 - 0.0.0.0 means any

IP is acceptable.

Source Port:

Enter the source Port range for the entry, which is effective only when the

protocol is TCP, UDP or TCP/UDP. The default value is 1 – 65535, which

means any port is acceptable.

Destination Port:

Enter the destination port range for the entry, which is effective only when

the protocol is TCP, UDP or TCP/UDP. The default value is 1 – 65535,

which means any port is acceptable.

WAN:

Select the WAN port for transmitting packets.

Effective Time:

Specify the time for the entry to take effect.

Status:

Activate or inactivate the entry.

¾

List of Rules

You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.

The first entry in Figure 4-32 indicates: All the packets with Source IP between 192.168.0.100 and

192.168.0.199 and Destination IP between 116.10.20.28 and 116.10.20.29 will be forwarded from

WAN1 port, regardless of the port and protocol. This entry is activated d and will take effect at 8 am to

10 pm from Monday to Friday.

4.5.4.3

Link Backup

With Link Backup function, the Router will switch all the new sessions from dropped line automatically

to another to keep an always on-line network.

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On this page, you can configure the Link Backup function based on actual need to reduce the traffic

burden of WAN port and improve the network efficiency.

Choose the menu

Advanced

→

Load Balance

→

Link Backup

to load the following page.

Figure 4-33 Link Backup

The following items are displayed on this screen:

¾

General

WAN Ports:

Displays all the WAN ports in use. You can drag the light-blue WAN button to

primary and backup WAN list. The color of WAN button changing to gray

indicates that the WAN port is already in the primary and backup WAN list.

WAN Config:

The WAN port in the secondary WAN list will share the traffic for the WAN in

the primary WAN list under the specified condition. The primary WAN list can

contain one or more WAN ports, while the backup WAN list contains only one

WAN port.

Mode:

You can select Timing or Failover.

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Timing:

Link Backup will be enabled if the specified effective time is reached. All the

traffic on the primary WAN will switch to the backup WAN at the beginning of

the effective time; the traffic on the backup WAN will switch to the primary

WAN at the ending of the effective time.

Failover:

Specify the premise for Failover Mode. The backup WAN port will be enabled

only when the premise is met.

Backup

Effective Time:

Specify the backup effective time if Timing Mode has been selected. Then the

backup WAN port will be enabled, while the primary WAN port is disabled in

the specified time period. When the start time you enter is not earlier than the

end time, the default effective time is from the start time of the day to the end

time of the next day.

Status

：

Activate or inactivate the entry.

¾

List of Rules

You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.

The first entry in Figure 4-33 indicates: WAN1 is the primary port and WAN2 is the backup port. WAN2

will be enabled while WAN1 is failed. This entry is enabled.

Note:

The same WAN port cannot be added to the primary and secondary WAN lists at the same time, and

one WAN port should be added to only one list.

4.5.4.4

Protocol

On this page, you can specify the protocol for routing rules conveniently. A protocol constitutes of the

name and number. The Router predefines three commonly used protocols such as TCP, UDP and

TCP/UDP. Moreover, you can also add new protocols as your wish.

Choose the menu

Advanced

→

Load Balance

→

Protocol

to load the following page.

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Figure 4-34 Protocol

The following items are displayed on this screen:

¾

Protocol

Name:

Enter a name to indicate a protocol. The name will display in the

drop-down list of Protocol on Access Rule page.

Number:

Enter the Number of the protocol in the range of 0-255.

¾

List of Protocol

You can view the information of the entries and edit them by the Action buttons.

Note:

The system predefined protocols cannot be configured.

4.5.5

Routing

4.5.5.1

Static Route

Routing is the process of selecting optimized paths in a network along which to send network traffic.

Static Route is a kind of special routing configured by the administrator, which is simple, efficient, and

reliable.

Commonly used in small-sized network with fixed topology, Static Route does not change along with

the network topology automatically. The administrator should modify the static route information

manually as long as the network topology or link status is changed.

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